TPP drops controversial sloganStaff writer, with CNAThe Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday decided to remove a controversial slogan — “Vote White, Vote Right” — from its Web site after the wording was criticized as being similar to that used by US white supremacist groups. TPP spokeswoman Lin Tzu-yu (林子宇) told a news conference that the slogan had referred to the color white that the TPP brands itself with. A screen grab from the Taiwan People’s Party’s English-language Web site is pictured on Sunday. Hale said the slogan is the same as that used by a now long-defunct US white supremacist party. Founded in 1958 by Edward Reed Fields in Knoxville, Tennessee, the party was built on antisemitism, racism and opposition to integration, and was known for its “Vote Right — Vote White” slogan before its dissolution in 1987.

Source: Taipei Times July 31, 2023 18:04 UTC